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Part III. — Ninth Annual Report 
X.—A CASE OF HERMAPHRODITISM IN A HADDOCK (Gadns 
cer/lejinus). By W. Ramsay Smith, B.Sc. 
The stomach, intestine, and reproductive organs of a fish preserved in 
spirit were handed to me for examination, with the following remarks : 
"Removed from a haddock about 18 inches extreme length and 3 lbs. 
weight." A small part of the body wall left attached to one side of the 
anus, and a small portion of mesentery and peritoneum, sufficed for 
identification of the relative positions of the organs. The condition of 
these organs is as follows : — 
On the right side is a testis about 4*5 cm. long and 2 cm. in diameter, 
well developed and very much convoluted. 
Fig. 1. Fig. 2. 
Fig 1. View from below. Fig. 2. View from above. Both figs, are half natural 
size. i. intestine; r.L right testis; l.t. left testis; o. ovary; u. ureter; b. 
body-wall. 
On the left side is another testis about 5 cm. long and 2 cm, in 
diameter, also well developed and much convoluted. Attached to the 
posterior end of this testis is an ovary about 4*5 cm. long and 2 cm. in 
diameter. The ovary and both testes open by one common passage to 
the exterior. 
The ovary presents the appearance of a normally developing organ. 
The eggs measure, on an average, 0"375 mm. in diameter. The testes 
exhibit the normal characters of such organs in the haddock, and appear 
to have been developing pari passu with the ovary. 
At the junction of the ovary with the left testis, there is a hard body, 
very dark in colour and about 8 mm. in diameter. It looks like a foreign 
body, but as yet I have not been able to determine its nature. 
